Door-hanger



(No Model.)

G. B. CLARK.

Door Hanger.

No. 233,659. Patented Oct, 26,1880.

Gharles .3. lark,

Invenlor;

, UNITE TATES PATENT trier CHARLES B. CLARK, or DETROIT, INDIANA.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,659, dated October 26, 1880.

Application filed September 11, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it-known that I, CHARLES B. CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Iniprovements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to door-hangers; and it consists, in a door-hanger, in the combination, with a main vertical bracket carrying an upper wheel which rests upon the top side of the bar constituting the track, of a smaller bracket formed to fit against the side and top edge of the door, and a double-flanged roller supported in bearin gs, as hereinafter described, and having its flanges adapted to embrace the sides of the track upon the under side of the track-bar, the said main vertical bracket being adapted to fit against the vertical portion of the smaller bracket when the hanger is applied to a door, so as to hold the smaller bracket securely in position, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hanger applied to a door. Fig. 2 is a section taken on a vertical plane through the same. Fig.3 is aperspective view of the smaller bracket detached. Fig. 4. illustrates the double-flanged roller. Fig. 5 represents, in perspective, a modified form of the smaller bracket. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the vertical bracket.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates a door, to which my improved hanger is applied, and B designates the rail upon which the upper wheel of the hanger is arranged to travel. The main bracket 0 of the hanger, which is preferably of cast metal, has secured to its upper end the axle of the upper wheel, D, which is formed with a comparatively broad face, so that the suspended door will, when pushed along, move easily and steadily. The rail has upon its under side a tongue, E, which is embraced by the two circumferential flanges f f of a roller, F. This double-flanged roller is carried upon an angle plate or bracket, Gr, which is held against the top edge and against one side of the door. The said bracket has its horizontal portion 9 made concave so as to afford suitable space for the flanges of the rollers.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the bracket is made with but one bearing, g, for one of the journals of the double-flanged roller, while the main bracketO is formed with a bearin g, g, for the remaining one of saidjournals. In this figure it will be seen that the smaller bracket Gr is applied to the top edge and one side of the door, and the longer or main vertical bracket 0 of the hanger is applied against the side of the door, and also against the vertical portion of the smaller bracket, thereby securing the latter in place.

The main vertical bracket is secured to the door by means of screws,bolts,or other desirable fastenings, and in order to more effectively hold the smaller bracket in rigid connection with the d0or,the larger bracket isformed with a recess, 0, in one of its sides, which receives the vertical portion of the smaller one when the parts are brought together, as represented.

This construction of hanger is simple, effective, and very easily made, the parts thereof being cast more readily than if the smaller bracket were cast integral with the larger one. It also admits of a ready application of the hanger to a door, since, in applying the same thereto the smaller bracket and double-flanged roller are first adjusted in position upon the door, so that the flanges of the roller will embrace the tongue of the rail without the necessity of starting the same at the end of the rail, which would be rendered necessary if the two brackets were permanently united, and after the adjustment of the said smaller bracket and the double-flanged roller the larger vertical bracket carrying the upper wheel is then applied and secured, as shown. The walls of the recess or socket which receives the vertical portion of the smaller bracket hold the same against anylateral movement as effectively as though the two brackets were made in one casting.

In Fig. 5 the smaller bracket, G, is represented as formed with two bearings for the journals of the double-fiaiiged roller, instead of with one hearing, as hereinbefore described. This smaller bracket can be secured to the door by one or more screws or bolts passed through its vertical portion, and if desired such bracket may be employed in connection with a larger vertical bracket, similar in all respects to that just described, save that the recess to receive a portion of the smaller bracket is not employed, the plane flat side of the vertical bracket 0 resting against the smaller bracket, which, in such case, will be let into a mortise formed in the door. This arrangement admits of the smaller or roller bracket being adjusted upon the door with reference to the tongued track, such adjustment being made by the depth of the mortise; or, if desired, the bracket 0 may be formed with a recess to receive the vertical portion of the smaller or roller bracket, such recess being considerably elongated, so as to admit of an adjustment of the smaller bracket, which will be secured in place by the top and side walls of the said recess.

The double-flanged roller herein shown and described forms an important element in the present invention. These annular flanges of said roller have a peripheral bearing upon the under side of the rail in the event of any sagging of the door, while their inner faces, being on opposite sides of the tongue of such rail, constitute guides, which prevent any disposition of the door to turn around.

In Fig. 2 it will be seen that the edges of the vertical portion of the smaller bracket and the walls of the recess in the vertical main bracket are beveled, so as to insure a tight connection between the parts when they are fitted together.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is In a door-hanger, the combination, with the main vertical bracket 0, carrying an upper wheel which rests upon the top side of the bar constituting the track, of the smaller bracket, Gr, formed to fit against the side and top edge of the door, and the double-flanged roller supported in bearings g, and having its flanges adapted to embrace the sides of the track upon the under sideof the track-bar, the said main vertical bracket being adapted to fit against the vertical portion of the smaller bracket when the hanger is applied to a door, so as to hold the smaller bracket securely in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES B. CLARK.

Witnesses:

E. G. COPELAND, G. J. PEcK. 

